The Biggest Crybaby In Sports: Ronaldo Reportedly Threw A Hissy Fit Over Being Benched For All Of Portugal's Win vs Norway
[Source] - For the win over Norway three days later, Ronaldo was an unused substitute. “Whether we like it or not, Cris isn’t like Joao Neves, who is 20 and can play every three days,” Jesus explained.
The head coach had said before that match that he planned for Ronaldo to participate, but that he was unlikely to feature from the start. When the final whistle went in Oslo, Ronaldo made his way directly from the substitute’s bench and down the tunnel, not joining his team-mates in acknowledging the visiting Portuguese fans.
However, Portuguese sports newspaper Record described the situation between the two as an “internal earthquake”. On Tuesday, Ronaldo shared an image of himself in national training gear alongside a heart emoji with the Portugal flag.
On Wednesday, sports newspaper A Bola led their Wednesday front page with the headline “situacao de crise” (crisis situation, translated from Portuguese). Portuguese publication B24 additionally said an “emergency” meeting had been scheduled between Ronaldo, Jesus, and FPF president Pedro Proenca.
This fucking guy, man. No one and I mean no one is more pampered than Ronaldo. No one in all of sports cries like Ronaldo when something goes wrong for him. He's old! I don't care about his diet or how he's still in incredible shape. He's not some elite player anymore. He's not a guy who should be playing every second for Portugal. Mind you, THEY WON. This wasn't after a loss and you're pissed that you could have helped the team or something like that. Portugal won and this was his reaction:
He fucking stinks man. It makes me happier that I was always a Messi > Ronaldo guy. Love that it's not even an argument anymore. How many times does Ronaldo have to show that if he's not the star and the face of everything he's going to throw a hissy fit? He did it at the World Cup, he's doing it now. I get Portugal kinda stunk before Ronaldo showed up but they are also better off without him now. There's enough talent to keep Portugal around and expected to make runs.
Again, this was a win. If Portugal lost this game, there could be a conversation. But in a win you gotta know that things went fine. I want nothing more than him to get benched again and Portugal to keep winning. Prove a point that 41-year old Ronaldo ain't the guy who needs to be out there. Dude just can't stop crying. His fans will probably cry and say this isn't what happened. How many times do we gotta see it? Biggest crybaby in sports.